Re: [PATCH 02/12] Add parse_integer() (replacement for simple_strto*())

[Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 12:28:41PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 8 May 2015 21:30:29 +0300 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Enter parse_integer().
> > 
> > 	int parse_integer(const char *s, unsigned int base, T *val);
> 
> OK, I grabbed these.

Thanks! Just to note, first patch (accept "-0") is independent and
can be sent at any time.

> Let's see how it goes.  Were these patches still up to date?

Yes, kstrto*(), scanf() didn't change since when this was sent.

> Presumably we'd benefit from a checkpatch rule to alert people to the
> new regime.  Can you please suggest what such a rule should do?

It should say to switch from simple_strto*() to one of the 4 officially
sanctioned integer conversion routines: parse_integer(), kstrto*(),
kstrto*_from_user(), sscanf(). I'll send a patch.

> The macros in lib/test-parse-integer.c hurt my brain.

Well, yes, but the only interesting thing there are test tables.

	Alexey